The Washington bee., 1887-12-03

his statements. No man ever
went to and returned from Lii
IBERIA who was held in higher es
eem by the government and
the people than myself. [ am
not seeking the place, because
my politics are against me.
Faithfully yours,
John III. Smyth.
P.S. My record in the Depart
ment here and Liberia is one of
which L am proud.
The statements made by Mr..
Taylor to the editor OF the BEE
concerning these gentlemen were
unsolicited. One day last week Mr..
Taylor called to this office and in
the presence of a gentleman who
was present asked if Mr.. Smyth
had been informed of what be
stated to The editor of the BEE.
lie was afimatively informed and
left Indignantly. On the same
evening which was Friday Nov.
25th, Mr.. Taylor s mt the follow
iDg wonderful letter oy messen-
ger to the editor:
Mr.. TAYLoR's LETTER.
"W. Calvin. Chase.
[ honor you enough to send you
a letter. [ am Just from "New
York" anu learn You are doing
what little you CAL to raise "a
war" Oh me by circulating false
hoo IDS.
Suffer m to say that you" and
your ''sheet' from this dav may
commence and [ will prove to you
that my ''qualtties," is sufficient to
hold my own. [ am sorry that
[ ever lriel to lend dignity TO You
by being in your company. Id,
not consider you in any way nv
"equals" only kept your company
to encourage you as negro to
look up and await better things,
than what you now enjoy, I shall
never until you apologize for your
"wrongs," recognise you again. I
in no way need your aid, rs you
will fnd out. You may need
some ones assistance before long.
Let time tell. Lay on McDntf
lay On, &c, [ shall commence my
influence as 10 you, and your
friends tomorrow yours, Respect.
fully. G. Ell. j. Taylor.
Nov. Oath 1887
Washington, ID. G.
The above is some of the COM
positson of a colored democratic
diplomat, and to make it plains
the BEE will dissect it as to lis
punctuation and construction. H.
the parliamentary address he has
period & between Calvin and
Chase: be has quotation marks
over the following words: New
York, a war, you, sheet, qualities,
and wrongs: my "quatities, is stf
fIcient." &c. In this sentence it
will be observed that he has
plural subject aud a similar verb,
after qualitsss is a comma and
qualities quoted. Il do not consid-
er you in any way my equals, DC"
Equals it can be seen Is a word
no doubt Mr. Taylor got from one
of the heather African tribes, 81
shall Lever until you apologize for
your wrongs recognise you
again. ApoIogiSe is spelled by
Webster as follows: apologize and
recognise, recognize. LAY on
MeDuT, lay on, $c,' is a new ver-
81 IN Of Shakespear. This is
novel quotation. [ shall commence
my ioJluence as to you and yom
friends tomorrow. In this sentence,
10 doubt, he means, that he will
prevent the editor OF the BEE from
obtaining a position, which he
dose not want, or show the De-
partment of State that it was his
lgnorence and not of his own volt
tion that caused him to resign, If
the $50 pages sent to the Depart
ment of State and other communi-
cation are similar to the letter he
sent to the editor of the BEE i
can be readily concluded why
Mr.. Taylor resigned the Liberian
Mission. 1t can also be seen in
his letter that he has capital j
in the second sentence of the be-
gining of his diplomatic letter
to the editor of the Bee. He con-
cludes his letter as follows: yours
Respectfully. &c.; yours, is small